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Show COST OF 1919 WHEAT M ABOUT $2,15 BUSHEL W Production Study Made by De- mm partment of Agriculture. H Fourteen Mepresentatlvi. Dlitclcts WMt Vere Visited by Field Men In MW Making Investigation 481 Records Were Token. MW The cost of producing wheat of th "vB 1010 crop wns ns low ns $1 n bushel MM on Just twn farms out of 481 Included - In n cost of production s'udy Just com- ' ploted by tho Unllod Slates depart- ?mm ment of agriculture. On 20 farmn It i' wns ?." or over, The bulk of tho farms pioduced wheat nt u cost some- whnt less than mldwny between these mmM two extremes. Tho average cost per 11 bushel for nil farms wns $2.10. At fmmm such n prlco half tho fnrmcrs In ques- WMm lion would have lost money on their ;H wheat. "?4 rourteen representative districts Ih ls tho wheat belt were visited by the '-MMm Held men of tho ofllco of farm mnn- H ugemeut In mnklng this Investigation MM n prellmlunry report of which hns Just MW been Issued. Nine winter whent nreas 'jH were surveyed In Knnsits, Nebraska mm nnd Missouri, nnd flvo spring wheat L nreas In Minnesota, North Dakota nnd "Mm Houth Dakotn. For winter whent 234 HmW records were taken, for spring wheat "-91 WM In tho winter whent rtrcn costs ''-WM ranged from $1 n bushel for two fa nn s H to $8.20 mi ono farm, Tho nvcrnge cost MM wns $1.87. If the prlco received had iH been $1.87 more thnn half of these , vWrn winter wheat growers would have pro- ' yMM ducod wheat at n loss. 1H In the mirlni: wheat nrenn tho nvcr- ' H ngo cost was much higher 42.0.V- 'H tho range running from $1.10 for one 'iWi farm tn $S or over for 17 farms. It jij tho prlco received had equaled the H average cost, heiweeii f0 and M per 'H cent of these spring wheat growers ('H would have failed to break even. tmW Yields averaged 14.0 bushels per jJW acre for the winter wheat' farms, nnd H 8.1 bushels for tho spring whent Ik farms, and tho cost per ucro $27.80 for X gj winter whent, ns ngnlnst $22 10 for f !-' spring wheat. "r |